John Simon

male, 84 years old
naturalized citizen of the United States, The New Leader, The New Criterion, The Hudson Review, A Dictionary of Modern American Usage, Serbian-American…PBS
John Simon (born Ivan Simon on May 12, 1925) is a Serbian-American author and literary, theater, and film critic. Born in Subotica, Serbia, he was...
Stacy Keach

Stacy Keach

male, 68 years old
Obie Award recipient, Shakespearean actor, incarcerated celebrity, Malgosia Tomassi, Walter Stacy Keach, Jr, narration…PBS
Stacy Keach (born Walter Stacy Keach, Jr. on June 2, 1941 in Savannah, Georgia) is an American actor and narrator. He is most famous for his...

David Paul

male, 51 years old
The New York Times, guitarist, internet, PBS, elvis, fingerstyle
David Paul, is a well-known Fingerstyle guitarist often referred to as "The Maestro of the Guitar." Inspired by the music of Chet Atkins, Paul has...
Esai Morales

Esai Morales

male, 47 years old
The Burning Season, MY FAMILY, southern cross, Dogwatch, Resurrection Blvd, Bloodhounds of Broadway…PBS
Esai Morales (born October 1, 1962) is an actor who was most recently cast to portray a priest in The Virgin of Juarez and as Lt. Tony Rodriguez on...
Dennis Wholey

Dennis Wholey

male
New York Times, This is America with Dennis Wholey, Self-Help, Bestseller, Television producer, PBS
Dennis Wholey (born July 2, 1939, Cranston, Rhode Island) is an American television host and producer, and the author of a number of self-help...
Michael Beschloss

Michael Beschloss

male, 54 years old (Washington, District of Columbia, United States)
historian, CEO, taking charge, Harvard Business School alumni, carlyle group, Mayday Eisenhower, Khrushchev and the U-2 Affair…PBS
Michael Beschloss is an award-winning historian of the Presidency and the author of eight books, including his most recent work, the magnificent...
Al Hunt

Al Hunt

male
george h.w. bush, Elections American Style, Profiles in Courage for Our Time, bloomberg, Washingtonian, washingtonian magazine…PBS
Al Hunt is the executive Washington editor for Bloomberg. He is married to Judy Woodruff of PBS. Prior to joining Bloomberg News in January 2005,...
Michael Ruhlman

Michael Ruhlman

male, 46 years old
Duke University alumni, Duke University, The French Laundry Cookbook, The Making of a Chef, A Return to Cooking, The Reach of a Chef…PBS
Michael Ruhlman (born 1963 in Cleveland, Ohio) is an American writer. He is the author of 11 books, and is best known for his work about and in...
Barbara Kopple

Barbara Kopple

female, 63 years old
Northeastern University, Boston alumni, Hormel Foods Corporation, East Los Angeles, Anne Hathaway, Winter Soldier Investigation, Winterfilm Collective…PBS
Barbara Kopple (born July 30, 1946) is an American film director primarily known for her work in documentary film. She has won two Academy Awards;...

Helen Whitney

female
ABC, Youth Terror The View From Behind The Gun, Richard Avedon Darkness and Light, John Paul II The Millennial Pope, Society Class In Great Britain, Faith and Doubt at Ground Zero…PBS
Helen Whitney is an award-winning producer for the American Broadcasting Corporation. She produced a documentary called "American Inquisition",...